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Patient-clinician eye contact: social neuroscience and art of clinical engagementKai MacDonald
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, CA 92103, USA
Postgrad Med 121:136-44. 2009..Current neuroscience research in this area highlights why mindful attention to this facet of social engagement is part of the repertoire of an effective, empathic clinician...- A retrospective analysis of intramuscular haloperidol and intramuscular olanzapine in the treatment of agitation in drug- and alcohol-using patientsKai MacDonald
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA 92093, USA
Gen Hosp Psychiatry 32:443-5. 2010..The treatment of agitation in drug- and alcohol-using emergency patients is understudied... - Peas, please: a case report and neuroscientific review of dissociative amnesia and fugueKai MacDonald
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California 92103, USA
J Trauma Dissociation 10:420-35. 2009.... - The peptide that binds: a systematic review of oxytocin and its prosocial effects in humansKai MacDonald
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA
Harv Rev Psychiatry 18:1-21. 2010.... - A naturalistic study of intramuscular haloperidol versus intramuscular olanzapine for the management of acute agitationKai MacDonald
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, CA 92093 0804, USA
J Clin Psychopharmacol 32:317-22. 2012..Therefore, we conducted a retrospective chart review to compare IM olanzapine and haloperidol in a "real-world" population with agitation... - A comparison of the safety of olanzapine and haloperidol in combination with benzodiazepines in emergency department patients with acute agitationMichael P Wilson
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, California 92103, USA
J Emerg Med 43:790-7. 2012..The combination of olanzapine + benzodiazepines is not recommended by the manufacturer, but a recent report suggested harm only if the patient was intoxicated. Whether this is also true for haloperidol + benzodiazepines is not known... - Potential complications of combining intramuscular olanzapine with benzodiazepines in emergency department patientsMichael P Wilson
Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, California 92103, USA
J Emerg Med 43:889-96. 2012..The potential complications of the use of olanzapine in combination with a benzodiazepine have not been well characterized in ED patients with undifferentiated agitation... - Adjunctive intranasal oxytocin improves verbal memory in people with schizophreniaDavid Feifel
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, United States
Schizophr Res 139:207-10. 2012..Oxytocin - though it has shown promise as a novel antipsychotic in multiple clinical trials - has as-yet poorly characterized effects on cognition, with some evidence indicating an amnestic profile... - Adjunctive intranasal oxytocin reduces symptoms in schizophrenia patientsDavid Feifel
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, California 92103 8218, USA
Biol Psychiatry 68:678-80. 2010..Both human and animal studies suggest oxytocin may have antipsychotic properties. Therefore, we conducted a clinical trial to directly test this notion... - Dramatic improvement in sexual function induced by intranasal oxytocinKai MacDonald
University of California, San Diego Medical Center Department of Psychiatry, San Diego, CA 92103 8218, USA
J Sex Med 9:1407-10. 2012..This is a case report on a male who had significant, broad-spectrum improvements in sexual function during a course of intranasal oxytocin treatment for social anxiety... 
Effects of chronic, heavy cannabis use on executive functionsRebecca D Crean
Committee on the Neurobiology of Addictive Disorders The Scripps Research Institute La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA
J Addict Med 5:9-15. 2011..It should be of particular interest to clinicians who work with people with cannabis use disorders...- Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in adults: recognition and diagnosis of this often-overlooked conditionDavid Feifel
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA 92103, USA
Postgrad Med 120:39-47. 2008....